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Which piece of equipment can collect and then allow for a perfusionist to reprocess blood loss and then give it back to the patient through their IV? 

What is the MOST important reason instruments are not in use, they should be returned to the Mayo and not left laying on top of the patient who is under general anesthesia?   

A protrusion of abdominal contents through the congenital defect at the umbilicus that occurs in newborns is a/an ____. . 

What is the name of these micro forceps? 

A/an _____ is a collection of blood vessels with abnormal communication between the arteries and veins. It may be the result of injury, infection, or a congenital condition. 

Most instruments use for coronary anastomosis and intraocular procedures are ____ to prevent _____.

The instruments best suited to dilate the diameter of a PV vessel prior to anastomosis of the graft are called the ____.

What is the general term for the incurable condition of the heart resulting in hypertrophic and enlarged ventricles with ineffective intractability and a decrease in cardiac output? The only curative treatment would be orthotopic heart transplantation.

_______ is is the process of setting the correct location of the patient arms with respect to the central column for robotic procedures.

During a lumbar laminectomy, the surgeon typically uses blunt dissection with Raytecs and ____ to lift the periosteum and paraspinous anatomy from the lamina.